在这部超级赌徒喜剧/犯罪/剧情片中,唐乔和他父亲麦克为两骗徒，当乔于一行动中不慎误杀老爸时，麦克要他去找从未谋面的叔叔，他的命运就此改变。叔叔是洛杉矶下流社会的混混，助手艾迪则为一虐待狂，一见到乔便如和他有仇似的。
艾迪有位为目的而不择手断的美丽女友，她马上勾搭上乔，使其成为艾迪追杀的对象。同时，叔叔邀他进行一项大骗局，成功后可得两百万元，乔跃跃欲试，极欲重拾自己的信心和大赚一笔，但他发现每人均有私心，互相欺骗，毫不留情，最后他终于知道是谁在骗谁。
After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes.
